Mental Laziness : A Huge Block to Success
Among some wonderful qualities that Allah speaks about his worshippers ,one of them is outstanding and and draws our attention to a wall that blocks our growth and prosperity. Open Surah al Mo'minoon ch 23 , verse 61: It is those who hasten in every good work and those who are fore most in them....
A similar quality of all the previous Prophets is mentioned in Surah Al Anbiya ch 21 , verse 90..These were ever quick in emulation in good works.
There are two things to be noted in this verse: good deeds should be hasten .. not delayed and whlie doing good deeds you should try to be ahead of others. Islam permits you to race with each other to good deeds. That brings to my mind the battle of Tabuk when Umar bin al Khattab thought of over taking Abu bakr ( Allah be please with both) in spending in the cause of Allah , so he presented half of his wealth , calculating that perhaps Abu bakr may not have so much wealth, but to his surprise he found that Abu bakr had brought along with him every thing that he had !Quantity wise Umar may have brought more but Abu Bakr ! quality wise Abu Bakr brought 100 percent .
One of the reasons why most of the Da'ees dont grow upto the level of their potential is because they don't make good use of their time and talents. Most of us have many dreams desires, ambition of doing good but we keep on delaying till all the enthuthiasm gets evaporated and we remain satisfied of receiving atleast the reward of intention. Many of us talk of doing things we cannot do but delay things which we are suppose to and could it.. This is mental laziness which I feel, is more dangerous than phyisical laziness.
The other day I met a young man who was planning to get married. Few months later when I met him again he was till planning! Many students keep off studies till few days before exams. Many rich people delay spending money for good cause... you can make a list of your own dreams and desires that are pending for a long time though you could do it long time back but thought of doing next time.... Your list will surprise you when you notice that there were easy things that you had avoided as a result of mental laziness. many of us, many a times mix up genuine reasons with excuses. What could have been an excuse , we present it as a reason for not doing a particular work.
Laziness was one thing our beloved Prophet (pbuh) asked refuge from Allah in his supplications where as many of his so called followers take refuge in laziness to avoid doing good deeds .
Author: Nisaar nadiadwala speaks and writes on socio educational issues from Islamic perspective. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
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